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Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S. Chu tells reporters about the next generation of the Common Access Card during a Pentagon press briefing, Nov. 1, 2006.

NEW COMMON ACCESS CARD

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S. Chu tells reporters about the next generation of the Common Access Card during a Pentagon press briefing, Nov. 1, 2006.

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